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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1998 Week 4 Hansard (24 June) . . Page.. 907 ..


CHIEF MINISTER'S PORTFOLIO - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 5 of 1997

MR QUINLAN (4.20): I present Public Accounts Committee Report No. 3 of the Standing Committee for the Chief Minister's Portfolio, entitled "Review of Auditor-General's Report No. 5, 1997 - Management of Leave Liabilities", together with a copy of the extracts of the minutes of proceedings. I move:

That the report be noted.

Debate (on motion by Mr Humphries) adjourned.

JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY - STANDING COMMITTEE
Scrutiny Report No. 4 of 1998 and Statement

MR OSBORNE: I present Scrutiny Report No. 4 of 1998 of the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety performing the duties of a scrutiny of Bills and subordinate legislation committee. I ask for leave to make a brief statement on the report.

Leave granted.

MR OSBORNE: Scrutiny Report No. 4 of 1998 contains the committee's comments on the Gaming Machine (Amendment) Bill (No. 2) 1998. The scrutiny of Bills committee identified a number of issues in Ms Tucker's Bill. They are only minor issues. They are things that I think we can quickly cover. I believe that Ms Tucker will look at those issues, and we will get to her piece of legislation at the end of the program tonight. I commend the report to the Assembly.

NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY AGREEMENT -
INDEPENDENT COUNCIL

MR OSBORNE (4.22): I move:

That this Assembly, noting the likely impact of deregulation of the Canberra milk industry and the impact of the National Competition Policy Agreement on other industries:

(1) strongly endorses any move to establish an independent council to monitor, review and make recommendations to the Assembly on all aspects of the implementation of National Competition Policy; and


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